9000 oil cooler hose clamp leaks

Hi to all.

My 1986 9000's oil cooler has hoses that leak between the hose itself
and the connection fitting's sleeve and no hoses left in the SAAB
system. Any one have any ideas? TIA!

Mike

On Apr 10, 6:56 pm, "Michael W. Pioso" <mpi... (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote:

Hi to all.

My 1986 9000's oil cooler has hoses that leak between the hose itself
and the connection fitting's sleeve and no hoses left in the SAAB
system. Any one have any ideas? TIA!

Mike

I am not sure you stated your problem clearly. Can you not get a
replacement from SAAB? But in any case you are likely to be in more
trouble if you start messing with it. Apply plenty of WD-40 to the
connection and let it soak for a few days before atempting to loosen
any connector on the hose, engine side or the cooler side. Even with
the oil penetrant, you will very likely destroy the metal tubing part
of the hose assembly when you loosen the nut, in particular the
connection on the engine side. The close proximity of the connection
to the turbocharger makes it rusted shut.